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	Paul van Buitenen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paul van Buitenen (born 28 May 1957 in Breda) was a Dutch assistant-auditor in the European Commission’s Financial Control Directorate becoming the whistleblower who first drew the attention of a Member of the European Parliament to the irregularities, fraud and mismanagement within the Commission in 1998.
		Pledging to continue the fight against fraud and bureaucratic inefficiency on the European level, van Buitenen founded a party named Europa Transparant, ran with it for the European Parliament in the 2004 elections (in the Netherlands) and won two seats for his party.
		Van Buitenen joined the Greens-EFA group in the European Parliament as an independent member [1].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_van_Buitenen (423 words)

	Paul van Buitenen biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Paul van Buitenen (born may 28, 1957 in Breda) was a Dutch civil servant who became the whistle blower whose allegations of fraud and mismanagement within the European Commission in 1998 led to the resignation of Jacques Santer and the other commissioners (of which Edith Cresson was particularly criticised).
		Van Buitenen at the time was employed as an assistant-auditor in the Commission?s Financial Control Directorate.
		Pledging to continue his fight against fraud and bureaucratic inefficiency on the European level, Van Buitenen founded a party named Europa Transparant, ran with it for the European Parliament in the 2004 elections (in the member state the Netherlands) and won two seats.
	www.biography.ms /Paul_van_Buitenen.html (168 words)

	Encyclopedia: Paul van Buitenen
		Paul van Buitenen (born 28 May 1957 in Breda) was a Dutch assistant-auditor in the European Commission’s Financial Control Directorate who became the whistle blower who first drew the attention of a Member of the European Parliament to the irregularities, fraud and mismanagement within the Commission in 1998.
		Paul van Buitenen is now being completely vindicated, and reforms are being made.
		Van Buitenen joined the Greens-EFA group in the European Parliament as an independent member [1] (http://www.greens-efa.org/en/press/detail.php?id=1971andlg=en).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Paul-van-Buitenen (1072 words)

	Mr Van Buitenen explained that as a current Commission official, he is still under obligation to remain silent about a ...
		De uitslag van de Europese verkiezingen laat zien dat een substantieel deel van het electoraat op zoek is naar nieuwe leiders.
		Paul van Buitenen stelt zich ten doel om de corruptie in Europa te bestrijden.
		Van Buitenen is een moedig mens en daar hebben wij er niet zoveel van.
	www.let.uu.nl /~arend-jan.boekestijn/personal/homepage/Een%20politicus%20dient%20overal%20een%20mening%20over%20te%20hebben.htm (704 words)

	The Sprout. Number 11. 3 July 2003. Graft. Andreasen affair: "I'm no Kinnock arse-kicker" says Muis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Paul van Buitenen, a B-grade assistant internal auditor in the Commission, identified a series of irregularities and brought them to the attention of his bosses and internal investigators, UCLAF.
		Van Buitenen gained a massive media profile, and formal recognition of his contribution by the "establishment", including a knighthood from the Queen of the Netherlands.
		Van Buitenen, a hero to many inside as well as outside the institutions, was promptly banished to the Commission's Luxembourg gulag.
	www.thesprout.net /graft/graft03.htm (2500 words)

	Ecologist, The: The Good - European Commission, Paul van Buitenen - Brief Article
		Within a month of releasing his letter, van Buitenen was receiving threatening phone calls telling him not to reveal the details of the abuses.
		For days, van Buitenen was effectively the most wanted man in Europe, but as time passed it was becoming clear that the Commission's financial affairs would need to be independently examined.
		Today, van Buitenen is considered a European hero: media outlets as diverse as Reader's Digest and the Australian Broadcasting Commission have honoured him as European of the Year.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2465/is_1_31/ai_70910930 (951 words)

	Fraud whistleblower tells of phone threats to his family
		Paul van Buitenen, whose claims have caused a constitutional crisis in the EU, also alleged that commission security officers had been buying long-range sniper rifles with night sights and silencers.
		Mr van Buitenen met Edward McMillan-Scott, leader of the 17 Tory Euro-MPs, to discuss his claim that the commission had obstructed police inquiries into £3.5 million of proven fraud by commission officials in the EU tourism budget several years ago.
		She said she had reason to believe that Mr van Buitenen was an activist for the Green Party, sympathising with the party's aim to condemn commissioners.
	news.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/01/08/weuf08.html (812 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Brussels whistleblower quits in despair
		Paul van Buitenen says he is returning to his native Netherlands because the pressure in Brussels became too great to bear.
		Mr Van Buitenen, an assistant auditor at the time of his revelations, told the UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper that the treatment of Ms Andreasen was the last straw for him.
		Mr Van Buitenen, who has been honoured by the Dutch Queen, will now be working as a financial controller for the police in Breda.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/2219114.stm (465 words)

	Van Buitenen book to reveal corruption at EC - Computeract!ve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Van Buitenen book to reveal corruption at EC High-profile European Commission whistleblower Paul van Buitenen will reveal a litany of European Union scandals and corruption cases when he releases his programme for the European elections this month.
		Van Buitenen is exploiting the rules that allow European Commission officials to stand for parliament and make detailed election statements, by publishing a book In the Trenches of Brussels on April 28, which will act as an election manifesto.
		Van Buitenen may need the job, as he has received a highly critical letter from the commission about his upcoming book, accusing him of breaching staff regulations.
	www.computeractive.co.uk /accountancyage/news/2035139/van-buitenen-book-reveal-corruption-ec (455 words)

	Van oude en nieuwe helden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In de sociale waardering van moedig gedrag is een kentering gaande, die ook in de volgende eeuw zal doorzetten: die van persoonlijke moed naar sociale moed.
		Sociale moed is het nemen van risico's en het trotseren van angst om een sociaal doel te verwezenlijken.
		Paul van Buitenen, de euro-ambtenaar die met zijn dossier over fraude en vriendjespolitiek de hele Europese Commissie ten val bracht is voor zijn onverschrokken initiatief zelfs gestraft.
	www1.tip.nl /~t740618/v5/ethiek/Van%20oude%20en%20nieuwe%20helden.htm (1730 words)

	House of Commons Standing Committee (pt 6)
		Van Buitenen said that he feared for his life, and that he had to take protective measures installing security systems and employing security guards.
		Van Buitenen's action led the European Parliament to decide that enough was enough.
		Paul Van Buitenen was quoted as saying that he felt let down by Pauline Green and the Labour group.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199899/cmstand/eurob/st990224/90224s06.htm (1577 words)

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		December 1998, Mr Van Buitenen sent a letter to a Member of the European Parliament which alleged that a number of his Commission colleagues and others were engaged in practices that seriously breached professional and ethical rules and standards.
		The Appointing Authority, which is responsible for internal discipline in the Commission took, a particularly serious view of the fact that some of the individuals referred to in Mr Van Buitenen's letter were at that time subject to disciplinary and/or criminal investigations, the outcomes of which were compromised by Mr Van Buitenen's actions.
		In reaching their conclusion on Mr Van Buitenen's case, however, the Appointing Authority also took account of circumstances which they judged diminished his responsibility for his action.
	www.agris.be /fr/flash/61099f9.html (443 words)

	Whistleblower wins seat in Brussels with Eurocleaner pledge - The Washington Times: World - June 12, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		BRUSSELS — Opponents of European integration made their first big breakthrough in the European elections yesterday with the victory of Paul van Buitenen, the Dutch whistleblower whose revelations brought down the European Commission in 1999.
		van Buitenen's new Europa Transparent Party won 7.3 percent of the national vote, securing two of the country's 27 seats in the European Parliament.
		van Buitenen, "In The Brussels Trenches," is a scathing indictment of reforms by Neil Kinnock, the commission vice-president in charge of the Eurocracy — and briefly his boss.
	www.washtimes.com /world/20040611-111020-6958r.htm (503 words)

	Paul van Buitenen votes against discharge European Commission \| Europa Transparant
		One of the objections of Van Buitenen is that neither the internal nor the external accountant of the Commission know if the accountants are complete and correct.
		With these shortcomings, Paul van Buitenen thinks that members of the European Parliament now had the duty to postpone the discharge until the accountable party dares to sign.
		Another objection mentioned by Van Buitenen is the matter of former inspector of the Committee of the Regions and now whistleblower Robert McCoy.
	www.europatransparant.nl /?pag=122 (539 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Whistle-blower admits defeat on EU corruption
		Paul van Buitenen, 45, leaves office today after admitting defeat in his fight to root out corruption.
		Mr van Buitenen told The Telegraph that the last straw was the harsh treatment of the commission's chief accountant, Marta Andreasen.
		In 1999 Mr van Buitenen exposed the worst scandal in European community history by disclosing endemic abuse at the top of the commission, mostly through use of fictitious contracts to outside consultants.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/08/27/wblow27.xml (603 words)

	De Klokkenluiders en hun meldingen aan de Tweede Kamer
		Het is gebleken dat veel mensen die zich in rechtelijk en procedureel opzicht ernstig tekort gedaan voelen, geen mogelijkheid hebben om het seponeren van volstrekt onwettige en laakbare praktijken van bestuurders te voorkomen en recht gedaan te krijgen.
		Burhoven Jaspers levert een ware veldslag tegen de verwording van ons rechtsstelsel waarbij hij zelf sinds 1986 als maar voortdurende boedelscheiding slachtoffer is van afdekking, belangenverstrengeling, ontvreemding, valsheid in geschrift en handjeklap tot aan de Hoge Raad der Nederlanden toe.
		Marijke Eijkelenburg klaagt de woningbouwvereniging Mitros aan voor het in haar tuin bouwen van een schuur van gewolmaniseerd hout, waardoor zij bij het schoonmaken een splinter in haar borst kreeg, wat binnen vier maanden leidde tot een agressieve borstkanker en amputatie nodig werd.
	www.sdnl.nl /schandpaal.htm (1629 words)

	Partij van de Arbeid \| nieuws
		Van een afwijking van het verkiezingsprogramma is nog geen sprake, omdat de Tweede Kamerfractie nog geen standpunt heeft ingenomen.
		In de periode toen Deetman nog minister van Onderwijs was, ik was toen student in Groningen, waren de protesten en bezettingen binnen de onderwijswereld niet van de lucht wegens wat werd genoemd, het afbraakbeleid dat hij voerde.
		Van Westerloo * stelt zich vervolgens de vraag of het werkelijk zo ver gaat in Nederland dat er sprake is van een min of meer gesloten circuit waaruit kandidaten voor sleutelfuncties in het Openbaar Bestuur exclusief en op grond van een partij-lidmaatschap gerekruteerd en benoemd worden.
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	PaulVanBuitenenEn: FFII Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		van Buitenen became well known internationally as the whistleblower who exposed large scale corruption throughout the European Commission, leading to its collective resignation in 1999.
		However, Paul van Buitenen is definitely interested in investigating the undemocratic and apparently illegitimate behaviour that the European Commission, demonstrated when it decided to blatantly ignore the role of the EP.
		Van Buitenen assistant Ries Baeten is an advisor of FFII.
	kwiki.ffii.org /?PaulVanBuitenenEn (193 words)

	Public Concern at Work (PCaW) - Whistleblowers
		Paul van Buitenen was an internal auditor at the European Commission in Brussels.
		In December 1998, van Buitenen sent a dossier on his concerns to the European Parliament, details of which were subsequently disclosed in the press.
		Paul van Buitenen continued to work for the Commission as an auditor until August 2002, when he returned to his native Netherlands to work as a financial controller.
	www.pcaw.co.uk /about/whistleblowers.html (2654 words)

	Van Buitenen: 'Steun klokkenluiders' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Van Buitenen was zelf enige jaren geleden klokkenluider toen hij als Europees ambtenaar grootschalige fraude bij de Europese Commissie blootlegde.
		Van Buitenen: "De bouwfraude was een enorm schandaal, dat zonder Bos nooit bekend was geworden.
		Van Buitenen gaf verder aan in het Europees Parlement niet aan stemmingen mee te doen.
	www.tiscali.nl /content/article/nbinn/565555.htm (284 words)

	Deep Harm: 06.06.2004
		The story of Paul Buitenen is the story of a Dutch civil servant who takes on corrupt European Union officials, is punished and driven into exile, and emerges victorious.
		On Thursday, June 10, writes the EU Observer, voters in the Netherlands elected van Buitenan to the European Parliament, according to a count of 99.1% of the votes.
		But, against a backdrop of increased international dialogue on integrity and transparency, the story of Paul van Buitenan shines a light of hope that a new age is dawning for truthtellers in public service.
	deepharm.blogspot.com /archives/2004_06_06_deepharm_archive.html (1530 words)

	Van Buitenen sluit zich aan bij Groenen - telegraaf.nl [Binnenland]
		Van Buitenen werd bekend als fraudejager bij de Europese Commissie.
		Van Buitenen is al jaren bevriend met het Groenen-europarlemenstlid Bart Staes uit Vlaanderen.
		Van Buitenen verklaart zijn keuze dinsdag in een persconferentie in het parlement te Brussel, aldus de pasgekozen europarlementariër zelf.
	www.telegraaf.nl /binnenland/11939341/Van_Buitenen_sluit_zich_aan_bij_Groenen.html (91 words)

	BBC News \| Europe \| EU fraud row deepens
		Paul van Buitenen, a Dutch member of the Commission's financial control unit, was suspended on half-pay in December after sending the European Parliament a damning report alleging fraud was more widespread than previously acknowledged.
		Mr van Buitenen says he found evidence of a cover-up by senior colleagues.
		Mr van Buitenen's report was one factor which led the parliament's assembly to refuse to approve the EU's 1996 accounts on 17 December and table a no-confidence motion in the Commission.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/249425.stm (458 words)

	Green Party - Euro Elections '99 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		EC Whistleblower, Paul Van Buitenen, whose revelations led to the resignation of the European Commissioners, has been gagged by the Commission.
		Mr Van Buitenen was due to talk about how he was told to 'keep his mouth shut' over his many concerns.
		This morning, the Green Party of England and Wales was told that Paul Van Buitenen could not come this weekend as the Commission which was forced to reinstate him has told him that he is not, under any circumstances, to talk to the media.
	archive.greenparty.org.uk /euro99/news/pvb.htm (377 words)

	Van Buitenen krijgt twee zetels in Europees Parlement (en)
		Van Buitenen krijgt twee zetels in Europees Parlement (en)
		Contrary to what polls had predicted, the anti-corruption candidate Paul van Buitenen, who contended for the first time, gained two seats (7.3 percent of the votes).
		As European Commission assistant auditor, Mr van Buitenen became famous in 1998 for blowing the whistle on fraud and mismanagement inside the EU institutions, which ultimately led to the fall of the Santer Commission in the spring of 1999.
	www.grondweteuropa.nl /9326000/1/j4nvgjok6iwsea9_j9vvgjnazrhmix9/vgr3b4i4l4zh?nctx=vgmrg0t7bctu (581 words)

	POLITICAL CORRUPTION: OF LARGE AND SMALL INSECTS
		The European Union, and in particular its Commission of unelected apparatchiks, is no model of virtue either and scandals exposed there have seemed to disappear into thin air as their perpetrators react only by hounding those who have had the honesty to reveal the corruption in the first place.
		van Buitenen revealed to the European Parliament the extent of corruption within the Commission and the favouritism of Édith Cresson, resulting in the resignation of the entire Commission.
		van Buitenen was hounded, suspended, severely reprimanded and ultimately banned from auditing although he retained his employment.
	www.quebecoislibre.org /04/040320-6.htm (2200 words)

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